From the man that brought us Fate/Zero, PSYCHO-PASS, Gargantia, Aldonah Zero, Madoka Magika, and Kamen Rider Gaim comes a unique project that utilizes glove puppetry.
The result is a show called Thunderbolt Fantasy ~ Torinkenyuki(東離劍遊紀, roughly translates to Journey of the Sword from the East), a "chivalrous fantasy puppet show" supervised by Urobuchi(who will also be doing the draft and script as well), characters designed by Nitroplus, and puppets designed by Taiwan's PILI.
The show is scheduled to air this summer and T.M. Revolution will be in charge of the opening theme.

Beat me it comrade. OH WELL!!!
I am VERY excited for this one. i really loved Star Fleet X Bomber(FIRE LASER TORPEDOES!!!)
and Thunderbolt Fantasy is similar to it. Man, if X Bomber ever got remade i'd want it in this style.

So I went from being curious after I seeing Urobuchi, to being almost out the door after reading "Puppet", to being back in after seeing that TMR is doing the OP, and then being all the way in after seeing the trailer.

this opening only made me more hyped. on a side note, would this be classified as Tokusatsu?
Star Fleet X Bomber AFAIK, is classified as such. and it uses much simpler puppet techniques.

I guess so?
Some folks seem to classify OG Thunderbirds as tokusatsu(not the conventional superhero stuff but you know what I mean) so yeah I guess so.

chainsandguns wrote:So I went from being curious after I seeing Urobuchi, to being almost out the door after reading "Puppet", to being back in after seeing that TMR is doing the OP, and then being all the way in after seeing the trailer.

chainsandguns wrote:So I went from being curious after I seeing Urobuchi, to being almost out the door after reading "Puppet", to being back in after seeing that TMR is doing the OP, and then being all the way in after seeing the trailer."

being awed, then weirded out, then awed again is SOP for tokusatsus if you ask me. I've watched a lot and showed many clips to non watchers. it almost always that kind of reaction. and in some rare cases, even long time toku fans. then again those few tend to be purists.

Captain Scarlet could also use a remake in a style similar to Thunderbolt Fantasy.

The puppets are AWESOME.
So much detail and the theme song by T.M. Revolution is on point.
This really brings me back to the Chinese martial arts films from the 80s and 90s.
Fight choreography is on point as well and I look forward to more.
Also it would be crazy if they decide to sell replica puppets.

YokozunaBulldozer wrote:The puppets are AWESOME.
So much detail and the theme song by T.M. Revolution is on point.
This really brings me back to the Chinese martial arts films from the 80s and 90s.
Fight choreography is on point as well and I look forward to more.
Also it would be crazy if they decide to sell replica puppets.

knowing japan. they probably will. closest would be the Dollfie line. but TBH, i prefer the dolls' designs here than Dollfies. specially the eyes.

I've watched part of this show, and the rest has been awaiting my post-recovery viewing schedule once I get caught up on priority viewing. It has been an amazing eand delightful viewing experience! It deserves to be on Top 10 Wuxia lists everywhere. The puppetry is great, the puppet costumes are exquisitely detailed, and the seiyuu are into their roles. And having TM Revolution do the theme song is too cool.

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